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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the Custer battle, who had green paper in their pockets?
(a) The white generals.
(b) The Indian warriors.
(c) The Indian chiefs.
(d) The white soldiers.

2. Lame Deer told a reporter that he would like to plant a staff on the very top of Mount Rushmore to make it a sacred mountain again. What colors would be on the staff?
(a) Black and green.
(b) Red and yellow.
(c) Black and red.
(d) Yellow and green.

3. In the tale of the Stone Boy, when Stone Boy goes out to find his uncles he starts out in the morning and in the evening he smells what?
(a) Sweet rose petals.
(b) Buffalo breath.
(c) Crisp running water.
(d) Smoke.

4. In the beginning of the tale about the Stone Boy, a young girl had how many brothers?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

5. What did Lame Deer know he needed to do after he saw his grandfather with blood dripping from his chest?
(a) He needed to be a medicine man.
(b) He needed to take his grandfather's name.
(c) He needed to tell his family about the horrible truths of the white man.
(d) He needed to seek revenge on the white man.

6. Lame Deer stated that the only place his tribe could hold their sun dance was where?
(a) In an abandoned warehouse.
(b) An open field behind their reservation.
(c) The old fairgrounds.
(d) A front porch of one member of the tribe.

7. What does the word heyoka mean?
(a) Rodeo.
(b) Horse.
(c) Clown.
(d) Bull.

8. Which tribe did the ghost dance start in?
(a) Blackfoot.
(b) Ute.
(c) Cherokee.
(d) Sioux.

9. Richard Erdoes tells Lame Deer that good art cannot be made with what?
(a) A jackhammer.
(b) A mountain.
(c) Piece of green frog skin.
(d) A tail feather.

10. In Chapter 8, Lame Deer talks about a young Navajo boy and girl in their apartment in their city. What color of blanket did he put over this young couple?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

11. At the end of the yuwipi ceremony, dog meat was eaten. If someone ended up with the dog's head, what did that mean?
(a) You must pass on your power to your eldest son.
(b) It will bring good luck.
(c) You are doomed to darkness.
(d) The dog will watch over you from the clouds.

12. What did Lame Deer mention was a problem for Indians and that it wouldn't get better?
(a) Ceremonies.
(b) Death.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Alcoholism.

13. In Chapter 7, Pete Catches talks about his sister eating what animal's heart?
(a) Wolf.
(b) Buffalo.
(c) Dove.
(d) Turtle.

14. Lame Deer mentions a special kind of deer called the taha topta sapa which had a black streak across what?
(a) It's tail.
(b) It's ears.
(c) It's face.
(d) It's stomach.

15. What does the word inyan mean?
(a) The houses.
(b) The rocks.
(c) The horses.
(d) The coyotes.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lame Deer, what was the name of the greatest of all the Sioux?

2. What was the reason that Indians drank according to Lame Deer?

3. How old was Lame Deer when his mother died?

4. To protect their daughters from tipi-creepers, what would mothers tie around their daughter's waists?

5. Lame Deer talks about a bird in the book that doesn't chirp. What did the white man call this type of bird?

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